we need a mulligan. and what we need to do is listen to the american people. that is one of the fundamental problems out here in washington, d.c. people down here think, i'm in washington. i got elected and i got a title. i'm called congressman. of course i know what's best for everybody in america. you know what, i trust the american individual. i believe in the american individual. we need to listen to them. that's why we go back to the district and we talk to so many constituents. we have town halls because the commonsense ideas that people have around their kitchen tables, around their sofas in their living rooms and having conversations, we should be listening to the american individual and the american people because the common sense of america is what makes us strong, not some bureaucratic thought process, some person reading a book who sits in a cubicle down here in washington, d.c. and comes up with a monster of a health care program that's got 130-plus agencies and this is how the personal rela

. >> no mulligans. i would be interested in getting involved in that issue as well. and the other commission matters? >> is there any public comment on this item? >> a very quickly, the concern about the noe valley square -- they have the fund-raiser on their side and the county $2 million has already committed and it will come from the fund. i will submit to you the article where it says that. as far as i know, they have not been corrected because they -- i went to their web site a week ago. in fairness to them, they came back from the november 2010 meeting with the idea that because the vote was 11-1 that they have great support. i have no doubt if they go today, they will get that support. my concern is money being spent out of the acquisition fund with no prior prioritization to say this is what we think is important and this is how we are going to use that money to implement that and that is part of the policy. i know because i spent many hours coming up with that. i a understand and i am perfectly willing to accept that it will not happen tomorrow, but if it ha

half an hour later he said, i need a mulligan. of course it is reasonable for people to be upset. there were an awful lot of snickers in the room. if he thought virginia was getting a lot of attention in the race, buckle your seat belts. new poll numbers have the race as close as it can be and both candidates will step up their efforts in the old dominion. scott thuman with the impact of both campaigns. >> we are seeing what would appear to be a shift for mitt romney. president obama 1 va by six points in 2008. if these new figures are accurate, this time around may be a tougher fight. it is a match up with two and on a collision course and virginia is the battlefield. in light of new polling that shows barack obama was leading mitt romney by 8 points, five in june. this month it is dead evening -- did even. >> i think it will be really nasty and dirty. >> nasty indeed. >> he plans to get things like job training and financial aid for college. >> he has done 106 fund raisers over the last six months. the job he is protecting is his own. >> old dominion will get a heavy dose of it.

on wednesday, october 10, circuit brother brian and melissa morris and merck mulligan and officer james johnson of the central station responded to a fire at 8 -- 824 height street in downtown san francisco. officers found the first and second story buildings involved in flames. leaving the residents, many of them students inside the six- story building in grave danger. officers immediately entered the building and began evaluating the evidence, pounding on doors and alerting them there was a fire. many of them were still asleep. essentially they were forced to withdraw from the building because the heat was so intense in the building. the fire department was still in route to the fire. not until the fire department arrived did it take over the evacuation of the fire personnel were ordered out of the building onto the street for the structure at 824 high street, and asphalt and some of the fire equipment had to be moved because the heat was so intense it was buckling the street and the water pipes. the fire spread quickly and started the fire department personnel were overwhelmed. build

>> reporter: graham who clearly misspoke ended up asking county council members for a mulligan, the golf term for a do-over. he was granted one, but that's about the only slack that pepco got cut today. scott broom, 9 news now. >> now you're about to see a confrontation caught on tape as 9 want to know and tries to get some answers. here's investigative reporter russ ptacek with the maryland official who okayed that order allowing pepco and bge to bill you even while your power is out the first day. >> reporter: are you going to change this? >> we will be glad to look at it. >> reporter: what are you going to do? >> we'll be glad to look at it. >> reporter: but you won't commit? >> i can't possibly commit during the course of an interview. >> reporter: but do you understand people are getting upset? >> eye am not going to say any -- i am not going to say any more than i've already said. >> tonight there is a move to get the commissioner fired, but he told russ as for the billing, he has no regrets. >>> the fcc is looking at another problem stemming from the derecho, the 911 outage leavin

barbara mulligan drive one hour from rhode island just to play. >> some friends talked about how thishat was going to be opening up and that was the first we heard about it. the opportunity of having something over the winter is awesome. kind of keep our sand legs ready for the summer coming up. >> while joseph ward and his friend drove six hours from new jersey for some facetime in a tournament -- >> we have friends down by where we are. they're open players and they knew about it and we looked it up on facebook and found out about it. it's our first time here. >> unlike some fellow volleyball players, samantha browning lives locally. >> it's cool getting to know everyone. this is my first year playing beach volleyball. >> she and her area residents praise the sand box's community approach, even though the number of local customers is still lower than expected. >> volleyball is just not sport. volleyball is social as well. >> the last most important thing, you develop a community of the people that come in here. instead of treating them as customers, you treat them as a friend, someo

however 15 minutes later he asked for a mulligan, saying he read the statement uncorrectly twice.upping rates $2 a month. a georgia woman called 911 to complain about a mugshot. they gave her a chance for do-over after misusing the emergency number. the original is on the left, round two on the right. we report, you decide which one is better. >>> another story about how your tax dollars are being used in ways you might never imagined. eric shawn has a surprising report about some things you're paying for. >> they're supposed to be for essentials, not covered by food stamps but money from ebit cards has been spent on anything but. >> they buy beer with it, they buy lottery tickets. they've been used in atms in casinos, in liquor stories and we have evidence they've been used in various strip clubs. >> more than ten states passed legislation restricting the use, clamping down on what some lawmakers brand on brazen abuses. in new york, a law proposed to prohibit alcohol, lottery tickets or gambling and restricts where atm withdrawals can be made. >> if you use the program and need t

can we have a do-over, mulligan and put hillary in instead? please! >> eric: really?kimberly: yes! >> greg: you are so bigoted! >> bob: the most important comparison is between bill clinton and mitt romney. talk about someone that shines and somebody who is dull. there you go. you said comparison, that's the comparison -- >> kimberly: the democratic convention. hello. >> bob: at a democratic convention you put your best foot forward. he is their best foot. >> greg: the best foot with mirrors on the top. >> bob: that is not fair. >> eric: it took me a while but i got it. senator clinton said of barack obama mccain would be a better choice for president than obama. >> bob: your point they have been feuding. the feud has gone down and down and down. >> eric: robert! are you going to tell me they're not feuding now? >> bob: i don't think they are. >> kimberly: yes, they are. >> bob: if you assume that bill clinton is thinking about 2016 for his wife, the far better position to be in is to have obama re-election. that's part of it. more than that, bill clinton believes tha

. >> reporter: the meeting moved on and later graham asked for a mulligan, the golf term for a do-over, granted, of course, though few here are in a forgiving mood. >> pepco is stonewalling. >> reporter: like emily mince of north rockville who said she and her neighbors went three days in the dark before ever seeing a utility crew. >> they're simply giving excuses and that's what we've been hearing all afternoon is one excuse after another. >> as i've stated, our reliability plan is focused on day to day improvements, not protecting the system from what governor o'malley described as a hurricane with no warning. >> reporter: it all went it from there, blistering criticism, familiar blistering criticism from county council members here and get this. remember that tomorrow the public service commission is set to unveil its decision on whether or not pepco will receive a 4% rate increase. several council members today said no way. pepco shouldn't get a dime until it gets its story straight. scott broom, 9 news now. >> you always want to feel sorry for tommy graham, about the i got a lot o

. >> romney tried to take a mulligan today with matt lauer. >> i'm absolutely convinced that the people here are ready for the games and in just a few moments, all the things politicians say will get swept away because the athletes finally take the stage, the games are about the athletes. that's why the games virtually anywhere they've been have been highly successful. >>> who needs london. hoda and kathie lee aren't whining about being left behind. >> i can't do this! >> what? >> they are the best. hats off to them. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. today in our daily fix, mitt romney probably can't wait for the olympic opening ceremonies to begin. he tried to smooth things over, his olympic gaffe today, but the headlines have been brutal. the daily mail called him a party pooper. the telegraph said he was utterly devoid of charm. the london times headline was nowhere man, romney loses his way. eugene robinson is a columnist with the "washington post" and nbc's peter alexander joins us from london. peter, first to you. clearly they're trying to get past this and what co

. >> romney tried to take a mulligan today with matt lauer. >> i'm absolutely convinced that the peoplents, all the things politicians say will get swept away because the athletes finally take the stage, the games are about the athletes. that's why the games virtually anywhere they've been have been highly successful. >>> who needs london. hoda and kathie lee aren't whining about being left behind. >> i can't do this! >> what? >> they are the best. hats off to them. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. today in our daily fix, mitt romney probably can't wait for the olympic opening ceremonies to begin. he tried to smooth things over, his olympic gaffe today, but the headlines have been brutal. the daily mail called him a party pooper. the telegraph said he was utterly devoid of charm. the london times headline was nowhere man, romney loses his way. eugene robinson is a columnist with the "washington post" and nbc's peter alexander joins us from london. peter,